Human Services at University of South Dakota

If you plan to study human services, take a look at what University of South Dakota has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Services section at the bottom of this page.

USD Human Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Human Services

USD Human Services Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Human Services Student Demographics at USD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human services majors at University of South Dakota.

USD Human Services Master’s Program

Of the 30 human services students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from USD, about 37% were men and 63% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in human services each year. USD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

Of the students who received a human services master's degree from USD, 87% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Dakota with a master's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Public Administration

Careers That Human Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in human services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Social and Human Service Assistants	850	$25,540
Social and Community Service Managers	240	$71,630

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.